Skaven Standard bearer painting - start

Some basic colors in, but still white undercoat showing at standard.

Jingle Bowls Blood Bowl Cup Recap

Had this Jingle Bowls Blood Bowl Cup running for a few months now. There has been six teams taking part:

1. FC East City Giants XII (Lizardmen)
2. Kallio Noble Killers (High Elf)
3. Intergalactic Offspring (Slann)
4. Red Anvils (Chaos Dwarfs)
5. K-Orcs (Orcs)
6. Turska Pojkar (Norse)

Finally starting to get all regular-season matches done - there is only one game left. Best four teams get to the semi-finals, matchups arranged so that team to win the regular-season meets the fourth team and 2nd and 3rd battle it out also. Then the winners of these matches meet in the actual final and losers play for the bronze medal in 2nd final of the cup.

Cup standings and some statistics before the last game:



There are still some stats missing, but the standings are correct although some minor details like number of fans attending (Gate) and Winnings info is still to reach the cup organization headquarters.
The last game of the regular-season is fought between High Elfs and K-Orcs. The season almost done but there is still room for some speculation. If the Green Skins manage a win they get to the semis, with a tie result they are out of the finals with 5 points. If the team value and experience of the coach give the expected result - and High Elfs win the last game they also win the whole regular-season with 11 points. So there is a lot of excitement in the spring air, who are going to play in the finals...

Skaven standard bearer conversion for Blood Bowl

Green stuff banner and bell build on top of the wire mesh.


Changing the sword for huge bell, left the handle then drilled and glued some wire for the basic structure. The extra weight on the lower part of the figure is gonna help with the balance too.


The sword looks little out of place on the Blood Bowl pitch sidelines, so it has to go. Few cuts with cutters to start the removal, then finishing touches with knife and file.


Starting point for Turn marker or Re-roll counter - Old Warhammer Battle figure standard bearer.

Stone Blood Bowl Pitch

Stone pitch for Blood Bowl has finally arrived!



Really heavy stuff, the sturdiest tabletop board I have ever seen. Comes in two parts, with dugout info on the side. Line of scrimmage is elevated and endzones have a bit longer squares.



First match on the stone stadium is fought between Dark Elf team and Skaven ratboys. Elfs have the home team advantage with 13 k fans, Skaven have 10 k supporters. First kick-off lets the Ratboys have an extra turn with Blitz! but the little finks can't manage to get more than push-back of the elf line.



Skaven defense is not the toughest in BB, but with a help of Stolen Playbook card and one lucky intercept they manage to postpone the inevitable. On the turn four Dark elfs score the first touchdown of the new stadium. Home crowd gets wild and wants to see more.





Teams get ready for the second kick-off and Skaven score fast two turn touchdown with duo of Gutter Runners on the front line. End of the first period sees skaven defense getting thinner: unlucky fouling (snake eyes) leaves the rats three players short.



Even more skaven leave the stone field by getting beaten up by the angry home crowd full of blood lust elfs. Dwarf referee can't do little more than count the bodies. Elfs stall the game with cage near the end zone. Just when the Rat Ogre muscle is needed - he gets the Wild Animal fit... Elfs score the 2-1 TD on turn 14. So, skaven got the two turns left to make it even. Some bad rolling and too thin lines end the game with third Dark Elf touchdown on last turn. So it goes, 3-1 TDs and 2-0 casualtys for the elfs leave no room for explanations. Great new stone stadium had it first game, looking forward to many more.

Skink Conversion for Blood Bowl

Some basic Green stuff sculpts to make the skink more suitable for the Blood Bowl pitch.



Starting with Skink archer miniature from Warhammer Battle plastic line. Cut away the weapons and the arrow quiver from the back.

Lego set 10030 - Star Destroyer

Lately been busy building this behemoth of a space ship: Imperial Star Destroyer. Huge set with over 3.000 parts... So, slow progress on Blood Bowl front because of this project.

Lizardmen BB Saurus mods

Primer still visible on the knee pad and the base, going for the rust effect on the helmet. Still missing some primary colors, but the general idea is that mismatched gear has been looted and found here and there. And the humid jungle has made the corrosion set in.


Pinning the helmet with double wire, keeps it in place even when going gets rough on the pitch.

Harvesting the Wehrmacht helmet from toy soldier. Iron saw cuts the head easy enough.



Painting still work in progress, grey primer still on helmet, basic green lizard tone with Citadel Foundation Green + some Vallejo blue.





More details of greenstuff mods on Saurus figs.